Comments on: The Mormon Conspiracy and Bigfoot

By: kittalia

kittalia — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:35:58 +0000

I am also LDS, and besides teenagers telling ghost stories at cookouts, I have never heard this urban legend discussed. I agree that the high percentage of LDS or former LDS can be explained by overlapping a bigfoot population density and an LDS population density chart. To reiterate, I have never heard this story discussed seriously, nor have I heard anyone over ten that actually believes it.

By: choppedlow

choppedlow — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:33:02 +0000

Wow, I’m not the only LDS person who like the bigfoot thing. No, there is no ‘mainstream” mormon doctrine about bigfoot. There is a famous tale of a guy riding his horse and seeing a smelly creature type guy who said he was cursed to walk the earth and never taste death, and then the guy rebuked him (however you do that). This tale is passed around when members start talking about things. I mean, think about it…. Can’t die, looks like he needs a shower……you can see where some people would think it was Cain. Right? But no, there is no official anything. It’s sort of like a Bible study where someone goes off on a tangent for a bit. Every religion has them. Catholics and Jews have the best stories about ghosts and monsters, but they too are just stories. All religions are goofy and believe a basic version of Santa Clause, they dress funny and tend to stick together because they act weird. We (us Mormons) don’t own the patent on goofiness, no matter how hard we might try.

By: G. de La Hoya

G. de La Hoya — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:58:37 +0000

Loren, thanks for the article. From a Judeo/Catholic perspective I refer you to the Nephilim, Genesis 6. The "Giant" race isn't talked about unless you are maybe in upper level theology courses. Another link about the Nephilim. Interesting reads if you have the time. Peace, G.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:20:42 +0000

Mr. Reints, you might want to recheck your “facts.”

First off, perhaps your experience in Rockford was not the one shared by Krantz.

As I noted in my obituary of Krantz: “Grover S. Krantz, born in 1931, in Salt Lake City, grew up in Rockford, Illinois, then moved with his family to Utah when he was ten.”

His parents had apparently relocated to Rockford as the missionary part of their life.

Rockford is most definitely an important area to the LDS Church.

In 1839, the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, led his followers to a specific area in northern Illinois, purchased land, and renamed the area Nauvoo, which means “beautiful place” in Hebrew. Religious persecution raged and the Mormons were driven out of Nauvoo where they began their famous trek to the Salt Lake City valley. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been on a mission to respect and resettle the general Nauvoo-Rockford area (the towns are 227 miles apart) ever since.

Today, two physical church locations of the LDS exist on Alpine and University Drive in Rockford. Maybe there are no Bigfoot in downtown Rockford, Mr. Reints, but there most certainly are Mormons there (even if you didn’t see any).

By: Taylor Reints

Taylor Reints — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:52:06 +0000

“The late Grover Krantz grew up in a devout Mormon family, and his parents were actually living in a heavily Mormon location (Rockford, Illinois)”

I used to live in Rockford. They had no Mormons, however. Krantz was born in Salt Lake City, if that is to be referred to as the “heavily Mormon location”.

By: free2all

free2all — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:51:04 +0000

In the Bible we are told the account of Cain killing his brother Able. God curses Cain for committing the first murder or shedding of blood and he is to become a vagabond and wanderer upon the earth. Cain fearful of his life appeals to God and God puts a mark upon him so men will know who he is. We do not know what the mark is but could it be a mutated gene giving Cain and his clan an unusual appearance. Ancient Jewish documents found in Qumran record the account of Lamech, the grandson of Cain with his son encountering Cain. They are extremely frightened by Cain’s appearance, and mention he appears like a wild animal, so out of fear they kill him, not knowing what/who they killed. In the lost books of Enoch, Enoch records a world of Giants creating chaos on the world. He mentions demons tampering with the animal kingdom creating a race of monsters to destroy God’s creation resulting in God using the flood to purify the earth. Going back to the clan of Cain account, could these individuals have been allowed on the ark to survive and live out God’s curse for the first shedding of blood. The American Indians have legends of Giants and a great flood. The old testament records the Anikim ,Goliath and Esau the brother of Jacob was a wild man covered with red hair who loved the outdoors and smelled. It has been recorded the remains of giants have been found only to be buried away in some dark warehouse never to be seen. The fact is there is a great conspiracy taking place. One that will do whatever it takes to keep your eyes off Christ and what He alone did for all mankind. His wonderful blood shed to reconcile man back to God and save us all by his life. Check it out for yourselves.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:47:20 +0000

While not to scoff at the connection or the religion, it was first brought about by the greatest hero epic (my opinion) Beowulf over 700 years ago, predating Mormonism by 500 years. Look to JRR Tolkien in how myth translates into verse and C.C. Lewis’s connotations into the divine with his Narnia series. Both brilliant! I just wanted to bring about the apparent origins of this idea to the reader and one more thing; Wasn’t it kismet when The Six Million Dollar Man ripped off the arm of Grendel, I mean Bigfoot in the old TV Series?

By: mandors

mandors — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:47:04 +0000

Maybe the preponderance of Mormons in crypto and other Fortean endeavors has something to do with geography. Persecution drove Mormons west, where coincidentally large numbers of bigfoot sightings occur and where modern UFO phenomena originated. Perhaps having these correlated phenomena in their “backyard” combined with being raised in a culture that was forced into the periphery led to an interest and a sympathy in many Mormons to things “out of the ordinary.”

By: rickg13

rickg13 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:54:01 +0000

A fascinating article, but as far as conspiracy theories go I find it a bit out there. As others have mentioned, the gains here seem a little dubious compared to the effort. I’d sooner believe a conspiracy amongst small business owners in Scotland regarding keeping the legend of Nessie alive, that would make more sense (in fact that might be one of the few conspiracies I’d be willing to accept without a skeptical eye .

By: bigfootsdad

bigfootsdad — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:44:31 +0000

“on Bigfoot, Noah’s Ark, and other mysteries outside the mainstream…” I didn’t know Noah’s Ark was outside the mainstream in 1970?